A document from the King ordering that the land donated by Chief Colonel Dilli Siṃha Basnyat Chetri be declared a guthī land through the copperplate (VS 1925)

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Identifier: K_0012_0007
Title: A document from the King ordering that the land donated by Chief Colonel Dilli Siṃha Basnyat Chetri be declared a guthī land through the copperplate (VS 1925)
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Content

Abstract: This document addressed to Chief Colonel Dilli Siṃha Basnyat Chetri who erected the image of Sri Gangeśvara Mahādeva at Aryaghaṭa and that of Sri Rāma Candra near his house. For operating the daily and the casual rituals of the deities he prayed to the prime minister that he had donated his rent-free holdings purchased with his own money and a copperplate be made to that effect. The items of expenditure involved in these operations are detailed. The king, aged 39, orders that the land affected be declared a guthi land through the copperplate.
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Date

Date: VS 1925 unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified
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Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 29; 26; cm
No. of folios: 16
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; bound; brown
Condition: unspecified; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; Gaṅgeśvara Guthī, Āryaghāṭa: Ms. no. 62 of BK. 6
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 15/12/1986 as NGMPP K 12/7
Running no., exposures: K 527

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 7/20/23, 8:57 AM
Notes:
Technical terms: guṭhī

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